Parrikar was first elected to the Goa assembly in 1994. He served as he leader of the opposition from June to November 1999.
The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena bubble has burst in the Lok Sabha polls.
Grandmasters S S Ganguly and Sandipan Chanda share the lead with the top seed at the end of the 21st round in the National 'A' chess championship.
A fighting draw against Saptarshi Roy enabled the PSPB GM take his tally to 14 points after the 18th round in the 41st National 'A' chess championship.
The PSPB Grandmaster beat team mate R B Ramesh in the 12th round of the National 'A' chess championship to sit pretty at the top.
Opener Arindam Das struck a patient 91 to help Bengal take a vital 136-run lead and assure themselves of two points against Hyderabad
The Grandmaster from PSPB has 7.5 points and is followed by five players on 6.5 in the National A chess championship.
Ajit Mishra, vice president, Research, Religare Broking, answers your queries.
The legendary all-rounder also questioned the haste with which the Board meted out the punishment to Kale.
Shiv Kapur and Jeev Milkha Singh finished in a tie for 38th place even as Branden Grace produced a stunning eagle on 16th and a closing birdie to grab the Commercial Bank Qatar Masters golf tournament on Saturday.
Grandmaster and former World junior champion Abhijeet Gupta won the Commonwealth Chess Championship after settling for a quick draw with Arghyadip Das in the ninth and final round in New Delhi, on Tuesday.
'What is the problem in getting the UK to extradite our citizens?' asks Aakar Patel.
'We didn't even become friends -- she was always shy. (I) appreciated her hard work (but we) didn't have deep conversations.' Hrithik Roshan clarifies his stand once again.
With this draw East Bengal who are leading the table took their tally to 34 points from 14 matches. While Dempois on 22 points from 14 matches.
The top seed drew his 11th round match against third seeded Ajbhijit Kunte in the men's National A chess championship.
'People who went on the sets thought Ranbir was Sanju sir.' 'Ranbir made Sanju sir his own.'
However, his effort at the World swimming championships was not enough to earn him a berth in the Athens Olympics.
A look back at 2014 in Bollywood as we inch closer to a new year!
The year is coming to an end and overall, it's been one hell of a year! We have had our share of ups and downs and we look forward to a better 2020. While we count down the days to the new year, let's also reflect on those who gave us strength to stand up in what we believe, the courageous who didn't bow down and the ones with gumption who inspired us to be better. We, Rediff.com, have selected 26 personalities, who we think are worthy of the title -- HERO OF THE YEAR -- and we want you, dear readers, to choose your hero!
The mergers will not involve any cash but only share swaps
Nature's Basket is changing its offering. Its new strategy zeroes in on pushing joint ventures, focusing on private labels and reentering Delhi.
Irina-Bradley or Deepika-Ranbir? Who gets your vote?
Grand Masti's Bruna Abdullah has been added to the cast after a role was especially created for her opposite cast member Ashmit Patel.
Polling will be held between 7 am and 4 pm, except in some polling stations of the interior districts of Nagaland, where the process is scheduled to conclude at 3 pm. The two states have a 60-member House each, but voting will be held for 59 constituencies in both.
Daniel Wu, chairman of the Asian Bankers Association (ABA), says there is merit in merging some of the less efficient public sector banks in the country.
Bollywood stars react to their Padma awards wins.
'We have collected Rs 83,702 crore in deposits in five days.'
If a name does not unify the three, there could be continued clash of identities, which could splinter the brand even before it takes shape, say Abhijit Lele and Nikhat Hetavkar.
Advice to the new finance minister from former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan: 1. Clean up banks by reviving projects that can be revived after restructuring debt. 2. Improve governance and management at public sector banks. 3. De-risk banking by encouraging risk transfers to non-banks and the market. 4. Reduce the number and weight of government mandates for public sector banks, and for banks more generally.
The loss of income has severely dented the loan repayment ability of small borrowers
The term of the members of the Planning Commission is co-terminus with the Prime Minister and they would be submitting their resignations once the new government is formed after the ongoing general elections next month.
No, it's not Anushka Sharma!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will host the family members of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose at his residence in New Delhi on Wednesday, an event he described on Tuesday as an "honour" for him.
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